{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Church Is Messy: Acts of Leadership week 7 - Your Story to Tell","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2707,"description":"Rick and Svea close out the series on Acts of Leadership by looking at a powerful act of leadership: telling your story about your relationship with Jesus. No one knows your story better than you. No one will know your story unless you tell it.\nTopics discussed in this episode:\n00:00 Intro\n02:28 This passage resonated with a lot of people. It helps to take the fear out of evangelism - just tell your story.\n05:39 Paul's genius in how he told his story: bring light.\n08:22 Paul begins telling his story by honoring those to whom he is speaking - even though those people were of questionable character. 1) recognize dignity and 2) express respect.\n16:35 Honoring someone may require a high degree of self-control so you don't speak what first comes to mind about that person. \n17:43 Adopt an approach toward people that comes out of who we are becoming in Christ.\n24:00 No one knows your story better than you. No one will know your story unless you tell it.\n27:23 What was life like before Jesus? What initially drew me toward him? What has my life been like since Jesus?\n29:32 We are responsible for what we contribute and we should take that seriously. We're not responsible for the result; God is.\n33:34 Taking it from an individual level to a corporate level. The why behind some of Autumn Ridge's outreach practices.\n42:50 Wrapping up the series on Acts of Leadership with this bow: telling your story is a powerful act of leadership that doesn't require the position of being a leader.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}